diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/file_helper.h b/include/spdlog/details/file_helper.h
index a694e27a..0a544ca1 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/file_helper.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/file_helper.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <thread>
 #include <chrono>
 #include "os.h"
-
+#include "log_msg.h"
 
 
 
@@ -125,16 +125,8 @@ public:
 
     static bool file_exists(const std::string& name)
     {
-        FILE* file;
-        if (!os::fopen_s(&file, name.c_str(), "r"))
-        {
-            fclose(file);
-            return true;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
+
+        return os::file_exists(name);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/os.h b/include/spdlog/details/os.h
index 91512013..94f17af8 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/os.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/os.h
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // Copyright(c) 2015 Gabi Melman.
 // Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 //
-
 #pragma once
+
 #include<string>
 #include<cstdio>
 #include<ctime>
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #elif __linux__
 #include <sys/syscall.h> //Use gettid() syscall under linux to get thread id
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #else
 #include <thread>
@@ -138,6 +139,19 @@ inline int fopen_s(FILE** fp, const std::string& filename, const char* mode)
     return *fp == nullptr;
 #endif
 
+}
+
+
+//Return if file exists
+inline bool file_exists(const std::string& filename)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    auto attribs = GetFileAttributesA(filename.c_str());
+    return (attribs != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES && !(attribs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY));
+#else
+    struct stat buffer;
+    return (stat (name.c_str(), &buffer) == 0);
+#endif
 
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/file_log.cpp b/tests/file_log.cpp
index 52903944..bbca8e4d 100644
--- a/tests/file_log.cpp
+++ b/tests/file_log.cpp
@@ -35,16 +35,6 @@ std::ifstream::pos_type filesize(const std::string& filename)
     return ifs.tellg();
 }
 
-static void prepare_logdir()
-{
-    spdlog::drop_all();
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    auto rv = system("del /F /Q logs\\*");
-#else
-    auto rv = system("rm -f logs/*");
-#endif
-}
-
 
 
 TEST_CASE("simple_file_logger", "[simple_logger]]")
diff --git a/tests/includes.h b/tests/includes.h
index 7cda161d..d19e2100 100644
--- a/tests/includes.h
+++ b/tests/includes.h
@@ -10,3 +10,14 @@
 #include "catch.hpp"
 #include "../include/spdlog/spdlog.h"
 #include "../include/spdlog/sinks/null_sink.h"
+
+
+static void prepare_logdir()
+{
+    spdlog::drop_all();
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    auto rv = system("del /F /Q logs\\*");
+#else
+    auto rv = system("rm -f logs/*");
+#endif
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/tests.vcxproj b/tests/tests.vcxproj
index 58cfd522..7272c212 100644
--- a/tests/tests.vcxproj
+++ b/tests/tests.vcxproj
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_MBCS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_MBCS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="file_helper.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="file_log.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="format.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
diff --git a/tests/tests.vcxproj.filters b/tests/tests.vcxproj.filters
index 36fe0a87..bdadb0bc 100644
--- a/tests/tests.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/tests/tests.vcxproj.filters
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="registry.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="file_helper.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="includes.h">